Gogglebox star Yvie reveals she was once body shamed on a date

Gogglebox star Yvie Jones has started to show a more vulnerable side of herself on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, opening about some terrible dating experiences where she was body shamed.

Discussing her romantic life with campmate Richard Reid, Yvie recalled an encounter with a man she met over the phone while she was working at Channel Seven as a telephone switchboard operator.

“We spoke intensely for about a week and then we met,” she said.

“He wasn’t at all what I thought he was going to look like, even though we had completely described ourselves to each other.”

However, it was her date who decided to make a comment to Yvie – and it wasn’t a nice one.

“We went on to the pub and he said, ‘I’m just so disappointed’. And you know what, I’ve been single since,” Yvie said, leaving Richard lost for words.

But that wasn’t her only bad dating experience, as Yvie once had someone directly comment on her weight.

“I had a guy once say to me on a date, ‘Maybe you should just go for a run’. Out of nowhere,” she said.

The reality star admitted she “just doesn’t have time for any of it”.

“All lot of straight white men think they can say that sh*t to a fat girl,” Yvie continued. “They just think they can get you to make a different choice.”

Many took to social media to praise Yvie for speaking out about her experience.

We bet after she returns from the I’m A Celeb jungle, Yvie will be the #QUEEN of the dating pool.

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